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Chivayo leverages proximity to power to make a fortune
AS flamboyant Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo splurges money on an imposing mansion and donates cars to selected individuals weeks on end, while also making cash donations, questions abound as to w...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa splurges on campaign launch
Zanu-PF splashed big at its 2023 election campaign launch in Chipinge, Manicaland province on Saturday with sources saying the ruling party may have spent nearly US$2 million at the event at a time wh...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges on 210 luxury cars for aspiring MPs
The ruling Zanu-PF party has splashed out on 210 luxury cars for its aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) ahead of the 2023 general elections.The cars, which are reportedly worth a total of $2...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube splurges cash on teachers, farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday allocated the highest vote of ZW$631.3 billion to the education ministry in an attempt to appease restive teachers ahead of next year's general elections....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt splurges on COP27
ZIMBABWE sent a delegation of 264 people at a minimum cost of nearly US$1,6 million to the just-ended Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) hel...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimplats splurges US$270m on capital projects
Zimplats says it has expended in excess of US$270 million on capital projects in 2022, nearly 70% up on the US$159,1 million spent in the previous year.These include stay-in-business, re...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ailing govt splurges millions on ministers
GOVERNMENT will soon splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges cash on delegates
Zanu-PF has revealed that members of the party's women's league conference in Harare were showered with cash and fuel coupons amid indications that the ruling party is already well oiled ahead of the ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia splurges US$4m on Zimbabwe gold mine
DUAL-LISTED resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation is set to buy Pan African Mining's Maligreen goldfields near Gweru to develop its second bullion assets in two decades.The asset is wo...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa splurges US$1m to re-engage US
GOVERNMENT has hired a second American consultancy firm, Avenue Strategies Global LLC, for US$1 080 000 to lobby the United States government to drop sanctions against the southern African nation, New...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Aids Council splurges fortune on executives' cars
The National Aids Council (Nac) sold cars to its executives for $1 each in October last year, and is now paying the executives $2 000 per month each, for using the same vehicles, since Nac has not yet...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa splurges US$1,5m on anti-sanctions project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cashstrapped government will spend over US$1,5 million over three years after hiring a lobbyist linked to the United States President Donald Trump in a bid to have sanct...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges $3,5m on conference
THE ruling Zanu-PF splurged $3,5 million on the just-ended 17th annual people's jamboree held at Umzingwane High School in the farming town of Esigodini, while the party received $23,5 million in dona...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube splurges $11m on war vets' children
Zimbabwe's cash- strapped government is splashing close to $11 million on school fees for war veterans' children.This comes as government is failing to adequately fund the Basic Education Assi...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC splurges $1 000 on 3-hour party
TWO top Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s officials recently blew over $1 000 on a three-hour lavish party at the Dutch embassy in Harare, Southern Eye reported.A report of the council's finance a...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Prophet Angel splurges on French hotel
Flamboyant Zimbabwean preacher, Uebert Angel - born Uebert Mudzanire - is splashing a whopping $2 million on a 4-star French hotel, as he expands his business empire in the developed North.The...Published: 27 May 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa splurges $50,000 to bus supporters
MDC-T shelled out more than $50 000 to hire buses to transport party supporters to an MDC-Alliance rally held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday as part of an elaborate scheme to inflate th...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
What South Africans can expect under the christmass tree this year
Cape Town - While most businesses are still gearing up for the festive rush, the container trade industry - driven largely by the early preparation of big retailers - experiences the Christmas rush mo...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe splurges $1 billion on planes
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped government has spent nearly $1 billion on procuring Boeing 777-200ER planes from Malaysia Airlines, as it sets up a new airline to be run by President Robert Mugabe's son-in-l...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe splurges $1 million on flight
President Robert Mugabe last week splurged more than US$1 million when he chartered an ultra-luxurious Boeing 767-200 Extended Range Aircraft to Singapore and Ghana at a time government is struggling ...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges on luxury vehicles
President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF, whose stone broke government is struggling to pay civil servants their salaries and keep social services tickling, is to spend tens of millions of scarce ...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt splurges millions on Mnangagwa, Mphoko mansions
Government has forked out US$3 million on accommodation for the country's two Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phekezela Mphoko after it bought houses for them in Harare's affluent suburbs at...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe splurges $50 million on military vehicles
The Zimbabwe government has spent $50million on 633 vehicles which include all-terrain troop carrying trucks, water cannons, buses, and equipment, mostly used by military and police.Senio...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim govt splurges $20 million on ministers' new cars
ZIMBABWE's new government has splashed close to $20 million on luxury cars, including Mercedes Benz and SUVs for 26 cabinet ministers, 13 ministers of state and 24 deputies at a time when more than...Published: 20 Sep 2013 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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